stratiform
Flat, horizontal formation
Stratiform describes cloud formations or geological features that extend in horizontal layers or sheets rather than rising vertically.
Stratiform clouds like stratus spread across the sky in flat, uniform blankets, distinct from the towering cumuliform type.
In geology, stratiform deposits occur in layered beds: stratiform copper mineralization, stratiform ore bodies.
Thick gray rain-bearing cloud
- altostratusMid-level sheet cloud
- cirrostratusHigh thin ice sheet
- overcastSky fully veiled
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
drizzle · blanket · uniform · diffuse · foggy · misty · vaporous · widespread
Arranged in thin layers
- planarOf a flat surface
- tabularOrganized in grid format
- sheetedWrapped in cloth
- foliatedLayered like pages
flaky · layered · tiered · stacked · composite · multilayered · overlapping · gradated
Apparent earth-sky meeting
- vastnessState of being immense
- stretchPull to extend
- breadthExtent across something
- uniformIdentical throughout
continuous · unbroken · extensive · widespread · blanket · sheet · canopy · overcast
nimbostratus
Thick gray rain-bearing cloud
- altostratusMid-level sheet cloud
- cirrostratusHigh thin ice sheet
- overcastSky fully veiled
precipitation · drizzle · blanket · uniform · diffuse · foggy · misty · vaporous · widespread · dense
laminar
Arranged in thin layers
foliated · flaky · layered · tiered · stacked · composite · multilayered · overlapping · gradated · parallel
horizon
Apparent earth-sky meeting
uniform · continuous · unbroken · extensive · widespread · blanket · sheet · canopy · overcast · featureless
sedimentary
Formed from deposited material
shale · sandstone · limestone · deposition · formation · outcrop · bedrock · layering · horizontal · parallel
stratiformconvective
Heat transfer through movement
towering · cumulonimbus · puffy · billowing · cumulus
stratiformmassive
Extremely large and heavy
irregular · discordant · cross-cutting · intrusive · amorphous
- stratiform depositsFlat-layered mineral concentrations
form, stratify, stratus, stratified, strata, stratification, stratosphere, substratum, substrate